Heidenstam

[ hey-duhn-stahm ]

noun

1. Ver·ner von [ver, -n, uh, r, fawn], 1859–1940, Swedish poet and novelist: Nobel Prize 1916.

Example Sentences

Cried Herr Verner Heidenstam, noted Swedish author, winner of the prize for Literature in 1916: "The situation is a scandal unworthy of the culture of such a nation as Sweden."

From Time Magazine Archive

The method of voting," wrote Major von Heidenstam, part author of the proposals embodied in the new law, "took from the beginning a very prominent place, strange to say the most prominent down to the last few months before the chief battle.

From Project Gutenberg

The memorandum on the use of the single vote in Japan has been kindly supplied by Mr. Kametaro Hayashida, the Chief Secretary of the Japanese House of Representatives; the description of the Belgian system of proportional representation has been revised by Count Goblet d'Alviella, Secretary of the Belgian Senate; the account of the Swedish system by Major E. von Heidenstam, of Ronneby; that of the Finland system by Dr. J.N.

From Project Gutenberg

His remains were brought back from Lubeck, and buried in Stockholm with "literary" honors, among others a remarkable oration delivered at his grave by Verner von Heidenstam, in which he was styled a martyr in the great cause of the emancipation of thought.

From Project Gutenberg

Verner von Heidenstam is now foremost among the writers of his country.

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